A Cleansing Juice Recipe, From the Missoni Family

By Kari Molvar

Jan. 2, 2018

To usher in the new year, we asked creative people to share the homemade recipes they count on to detox, cleanse — and refresh.

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Margherita Missoni Amos

“My mom always tried to cure us with natural things,” says the designer Margherita Missoni Amos. The daughter of Angela Missoni (of the Italian knitwear dynasty) can remember the homespun remedies of her childhood: She would gargle apple cider vinegar to soothe a sore throat and breath in thyme essential oils to unblock a stuffy nose.

Amos’s grandmother, Rosita, is a big believer in cold-pressed juices to fortify one’s system. She swears by a concoction made from carrots, apple, lemon and celery that has been part of the family’s breakfasts for a long time; Rosita used to drop in a few ice cubes to lend it a refreshing chill.

That simple recipe stuck with Margherita, 34, who now likes to make it as part of her annual detox in January. Missoni says the juice helps her feel “cleaned out and energized” after rounds of Christmas lunches and dinners. She fires up a professional-grade cold-press juicer at her house in St. Moritz — where she heads for the New Year with her husband and their sons, Otto, 4, and Augusto, 2 — and starts her day with the blend before hitting the slopes. If she needs an extra dose of comfort, she adds an additional step, courtesy of Rosita. “I learned from my grandma to always drink a big cup of hot water with a half of a lemon squeezed in it” upon waking, she says. “It just balances your stomach.”

Here, Amos shares the recipe for the time-honored Missoni tonic.

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The Missoni Family’s Revitalizing Morning Juice Recipe

∙ ½ apple

∙ 3 carrots

∙ 2 celery stalks

∙ ½ lemon

1. Pass the apple, carrots and celery through a cold-press juicer and stir to combine.

2. Squeeze in the lemon by hand. Makes one serving.

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